Hi guys, if you’ve read my earlier post on why I’m not blogging so often, you’ll understand what Steemit is.
To recap, it’s sort of a social media platform where you can earn some Steem Dollars (cryptocurrency) in return for posting, commenting or even upvoting other people’s posts.
Are followers all that important on Steemit?
If you want your posts to get a lot of upvotes and eventually earn enough money to sustain yourself, then YES. They are important.
Having said that, there may be huge differences between one follower to the next.
That’s because of the distinction of whales, dolphins and minnows.
Minnows are beginners with very low voting power. You vote may only give someone a few cents at best.
Dolphins are much better than minnows with a bigger influence in voting power. Still, they don’t have as much influence as the whales.
The whales are the people at the top of the food chain. Their upvote will give tens of dollars or even over a hundred dollars each.
A lot of Steemians (people who use Steemit) hope to make friends with whales and get them to follow.
A few whale upvotes are worth more than the vote of 100 minnows. That’s the difference they can make.
Choose quality, not numbers
What I’ve mentioned above should give you an idea that the number of followers isn’t everything.
There are people with thousands of followers yet they struggle to earn a few bucks. Others with less than 1000 followers earn much more!
How to gain more quality followers?
Now we’ve reached the real question.
How do you gain more quality followers on Steemit?
- Comment on other Steemians’ posts
Don’t just comment “Nice post” or “Great post” on every post. People may flag you for spamming. You don’t want that.
Instead, choose posts that interest you and comment after reading the entire post.
I actually made a mistake of skimming through some posts and made stupid comments. They weren’t very happy.
Hence, always read the entire post and give thoughtful comments.